BACKGROUND In December 1991 London experienced a unique air pollution episode during which concentrations of nitrogen dioxide rose to record levels, associated with moderate increases in black smoke. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this episode was associated with adverse health effects and whether any such effects could be attributed to air pollution. METHODS The numbers of ...

the aim of present article is determining economic value of air pollution and environmental effects of mashhad city air pollution. data of 286 households of mashhad was gathered through questionnaire in a survey reaserch using stratified random sampling method in year 2006. in order to detemine environmental effects of air pollution choice experiment approach - which gives the most perfect envi...

Air pollution is one of the most important problems in urban areas that always threaten citizen's health. Photochemical smog is one of the main factors of air pollution in large cities like Tehran. Usually smog is not only a part of nature, but is being analyzed as an independent matter, which highly affects on the nature. It has been used as relationship between atmospheric elements such as te...

The Department of Environmental Hygiene of the National Swedish Environment Protection Board and of the Karolinska Institute have prepared an extensive review on health effects of air pollution, to be used by the Swedish Parliamentary Committee on Energy and the Environment. This report forms the basis for one part of the review, that on late effects. Much of the work on the review, is the resu...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 538 VOLUME 45__JULY 17, 2008 Pneumonia is now widely regarded as the dominant cause of child mortality in the developing world with over 150 million cases and almost 2.4 million deaths annually(1). Although there are remarkable advances in preventive strategies including nutrition interventions such as promotion of exclusive breastfeeding, environmental control such as reducti...

BACKGROUND Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel is responsible for 50,320 annual deaths of children under-five year, accounting for 4.9% of the national burden of disease in Ethiopia. Acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of mortality among children in Ethiopia. There is limited research that has examined the association between the use of biomass fuel and acute respiratory infec...

Air pollution is air contaminated by anthropogenic or naturally occurring substances in high concentrations for a prolonged time, resulting in adverse effects on human comfort and health as well as on ecosystems. Major air pollutants include particulate matters (PMs), ground-level ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxides (NO2), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). During the last t...

Outdoor air pollution at levels occurring in many urban areas around the world has substantial adverse effects on health. Children in general, and children with asthma in particular, are sensitive to the adverse effects of outdoor air pollutants, including ozone, nitrogen oxides, and respirable particulate matter. A growing number of studies also show that children living in environments near t...

Jakarta is a city in Indonesia that has high population density must pay attention to its health condition. Good air quality provides positive benefits support public so they can be more productive at work and create fresh healthy air. This study uses Machine Learning classify based on certain attributes. Then, the development of prediction model time data designed produce predictive map pollut...

Air pollution has become a severe environmental problem due to urbanization and heavy traffic. Monitoring street-level air quality is an important issue, but most official monitoring stations are installed to monitor large-scale air quality conditions, and their limited spatial resolution cannot reflect the detailed variations in air quality that may be induced by traffic jams. By deploying wir...